Grips: Judo Masterclass Book by Neil Adams Scott Rogers Yamato Ryumon is renowned for

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Grips: Judo Masterclass Book by Neil Adams Scott Rogers Yamato Ryumon is renowned forThe skills of gripping are the key to success in judo at every level of ability. Yet never before, not even in Japan, has there been a volume devoted exclusively to such techniques. A long standing misconception is that grips do not matter, and that a good judoka will be able to perform a practised set of favourite throws from any grip. However, perhaps only a handful of exceptional fighters have this capacity. A more recent tendency has led to an